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PERFECT HEARTS CHAPTER 4

Posted by Hedowho on 25 June, 2021

PERFECT HEARTS CHAPTER 4

(Secret star🌟)

BY BLESSING SILVER

Mrs Johnson cleared her throat and instantly the noise died down. She glanced at the door, a slight frown creasing her brows, she sighed softly before averting her gaze to Jeremy again, a smile across her lips.
“Like I said, Jeremy; I am super impresssed with your solvings. Too impressed, I wished I could give you some extra marks as bonus” she said, patting his shoulder.
“Thank you, ma’am” Jeremy said and she nodded.
“Earlier, I went through your file and saw that you transferred here from Top-point high” she said and Jeremy nodded. At once, he had gasps fly around from his classmates.
“Cool. Anyways, I hope you keep up with this outstanding performance as we go on” she added.
“I will. Thank you” he said.
“You may return to your seat now” she added and Jeremy walked to his seat.
Subconsciously, his gaze moved to her, the gossiping crew behind him and he saw her smile at him..
Or maybe not. It must’ve been for someone else.

Mrs Johnson commended everyone else once more and began the teaching. Jeremy’s gaze slipped constantly to the door, waiting for his seatmate to walk in but she didn’t. He wondered why the class seemed to be happy about him coming first and why she ran out of the class in that manner.
…
The lesson ended and lunch break was next, Jeremy carefully packed his books into his backpack and shut his locker before making his way to the cafeteria.

He got some fries with sauce, diced pear and apple, and a bottle of water on his tray before moving to an unoccupied booth, he sat and left his tray on the table.

He had barely taken a bite out of his food when he felt a presence.
“Hey, can I sit here?” The guy asked, a tray of food in his hand. Jeremy wondered why he was seeking permission from him. He stared at him for a brief moment.
“Yeah, sure” Jeremy nodded and the guy smiled before balancing on the seat beside his.

Jeremy continued with his food, staring away from the guy who seemed comfortable around him.
“By the way, I’m Harrison” he said, taking a bite off his cinnamon roll.
“Jeremy” Jeremy said.
“I know. Mrs Johnson said it in class earlier”
“Oh you’re in-
“The business department?” Harrison cut him off. “I am. It must’ve been hard for you to notice me even though I sit just behind you in class” he said.
“Oh.. you see, I started school here just yesterday and I didn’t really get a pleasant welcome from anyone so I thought not being friendly with me goes for everyone” Jeremy said truthfully.
Harrison chuckled. “It probably did but after that surprising event you did back there, I doubt that it’ll go on” Harrison said.
“Surprising event? You mean the assignment?” Jeremy asked, unsure.

“Yeah that. And I didn’t know you transferred from Top-point. That’s like one of the top schools around. I thought you’re here on scholarship” he asked.
“I am” Jeremy said.
“So why did you leave your former school? It didn’t fit your taste anymore or what?”
“No, it’s not that. My dad died and we had to relocate” Jeremy said.
“Oh..I’m so sorry about that. It must’ve been hard for you” he said and Jeremy nodded, trying not to make the memories resurface. “But passing that scholarship test; you must be one heck of a brainiac. I saw the questions, they were pretty tough” he said and Jeremy nodded. “So, do you live around here?”
“Two streets away. It’s kind of not really around here” Jeremy said and Harrison nodded.
He wanted to say something but he suddenly paused and his gaze moved behind him. Jeremy followed his gaze, making him turn and found her, his blue haired seatmate. She was seated at a booth behind them, almost at the end of the cafeteria with only a glass of orange juice on her tray. Her blue hair was tied in ponytail.

He studied her for only a brief moment, her gaze was focused on a book in her palm and her middle finger spread across a page to keep it from closing.
For the first time in the last two days that he’s been here, he saw her face clearly and she looks completely different from how other students treated her.
She looked like a sociable type, one to have hundreds if not thousands of friends and even entourage but he hasn’t seen her with anyone he could assume was her friend or a close partner. She was mostly alone and kind of reserved and was difficult to decipher.

Her appearance, it was fashionable. More fashionable than some of the students he had seen and in addition, she seemed to be pretty intelligent too. He recalled how the class had called her name with so much surety when Mrs Johnson asked for a guess on the highest score. From her gestures and looks, he could tell she wasn’t from a poor home or background, it was very evident in every movement she made.

“Hey, what’re you staring at?” Harrison asked him, snapping him back to reality and to him.
“Is she always like that?” He asked subconsciously, staring back at her.
“Who? McCoy?” Harrison asked for clarification.
McCoy? He had remembered everyone call her that in the class, even the teacher. Could it be her name?
“Yeah..” Harrison continued. “She’s actually pretty tougher than she looks. Although, she’s a brainiac like you when it comes to books but she’s actually very bitchy too. She’s a nut case! ” He emphasized.
“She doesn’t seem like one” Jeremy said, glancing at her again. “She looks perfectly normal to me” he said matter-of-factly.
“She isn’t, trust me. She’s a complete psychopath. People say she has mental disorders and I totally believe that, apart from her grades, I can’t find anything normal about her. She can be very violent and aside that she has serious anger management issues” Harrison added breathlessly.

Phew..can she be that bad?
Those description, do they really qualify her? Jeremy couldn’t help but wonder while staring at her.

“Isn’t that exaggeration quite much?” He asked, averting his gaze to Harrison.
He scoffed. “You’re saying that cos you’re new here. McCoy is a complete freak! She’s violent and unsociable” He said.
“How violent?” Jeremy asked.
“She pushed a student from the third floor last semester” he said and Jeremy face scrunched.
“Rumour?” He asked, a little unmoved.
“No. I witnessed it. I’m sure everyone around here knows about it too, except you of course” Harrison said.
“But why would she do that?”
“Cos she’s a fu*king freak. The girl only topped her in the resumption test last semester and McCoy sent her to the ground from the third floor!” He said in exasperation.
“Oh..,” Jeremy said speechlessly.
“Around here, she’s the last person you should ever get close to especially with your new position in class” he said.
“I guess that’s why everyone doesn’t seem to like her” Jeremy said.
“It is. Now stop staring before she catches you and throws a fit about it” he warned and Jeremy gave her one last glance and in a split second, their eyes met and locked.
Jeremy felt something and it wasn’t violence.

She broke the gaze, stood up and walked out of the cafeteria.
Harrison scoffed again.
He gave Jeremy a light tap on his shoulder and when he turned, he signaled for him to eat up and Jeremy took one last glance behind him before going on with his lunch.

****

After lunch break, Jeremy and Harrison head back to class.
They had three more subjects and the random school activities came next.
Soon, school ended for the day and he took his note to his locker. He opened it and took the necessary books into his backpack and strapped it to his back, he had just snapped his locker shut when he saw a girl standing by its side. He recognized her at once. She was the rude girl that had left a bad impression the first day he came to the school, the one who gossiped with her friends while staring at him.

“Hi Jeremy” she said, giving him a smile.
“Hi” he answered plainly, not ready for her belligerent attitude.
“The name’s Alicia” she added.
“Okay. How may I help you, Alicia?” He asked.
“I see you’re on your way home already, I have something to ask” she said.
“Okay?” He drawled
“So, I kind of have a study group, it includes few students from our class; it’s where we share ideas, teach each other subjects that we don’t really understand from the teachers and read ahead but we’re just four. I was wondering if you’d like to be among. We could really use your intelligence and you could learn more too!” she said.
“Um..I don’t know cos I didn’t inform my mom I’d be staying extra hours after school” Jeremy said.
“It’s just for one hour, at least for now” she said. “And if you don’t like the time then we can adjust it to whenever seem convenient for you” she added.
Jeremy cocked his brows at her.
Why’s she being so nice all of a sudden?
“Er..okay but-
“You’ll join us?” Her eyes lit up.
“Since it’s part of learning, I guess I can give it a trial-
“Thank you!” She said, grabbing his wrist.
“But if my mom isn’t fine with it then I’ll have to stop, I hope it won’t affect your gro-
“I’m perfectly fine with it. The others don’t matter!” She cut him off, excited.
Okay, why’s she so interested in him joining her group and so happy about it?
“Come-on, I’ll go introduce you to the members!” She said.
“But..
Jeremy words died down when she began dragging him by his wrist as she ran down the hallway.